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No Coyote Trap Permits Needed in N.Y. Suburbs

Updated April 30, 2011 12:01 a.m. ET

RYE, N.Y.—New York state has decided not to renew coyote-trapping permits in two suburban communities where attacks occurred last year.

The Department of Environmental Conservation says permits aren't warranted in Rye and Rye Brook because there were few coyote sightings over the winter. Police will still have the authority to scare, injure or even kill a coyote if it is posing a risk to a person or pet.